MONOTONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monotonic mean? 

• MONOTONIC (adjective)
  The adjective MONOTONIC has 2 senses:

1. of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

  Familiarity information: MONOTONIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOTONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

Synonyms:

monotone; monotonic

Similar:

decreasing monotonic (consistently decreasing)

increasing monotonic (consistently increasing)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Antonym:

nonmonotonic (not monotonic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Synonyms:

flat; monotone; monotonic; monotonous

Context example:

the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Similar:

unmodulated (characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume)

Derivation:

monotone (an unchanging intonation)

monotone (a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts))